mwj98 Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Let me say.....I am a husker til I die. Because I know, I'm going to get blasted by posting this. But if we don't get the obvious taken care of, it will be a long season..... Offense Burkhead is an outstanding back....no breakaway speed. Our offensive line is average....at best. They are NOT physical. Which means burkhead is going to wear down. Martinez....pretty obvious here. Great Athlete, but not a qb. Defense We better find some speed and I mean fast. D-line: Steinkhuler has been a bust. All the hype around this guy and I see nothing but him standing straight up and not getting around people. Can we please stop losing containment and get some pressure on a QB. Meredith needs to be moved inside to tackle he is not a DE. I see a 7 win season. I just can't see us making that much improvement over last year. South Carolina exposed our offense. We are too reliable on burkhead. Martinez can't throw a piece of paper in a trashcan. I do NOT like Big 10 football. I know folks think it is physical. Big friggin deal. Championships run through the SEC, wear speed kills. Period. We need to adopt that style. 3 Quote Link to comment
Lyons in the Sea of Red. Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 This story which you proclaim is very cool, bro. 2 Quote Link to comment
Husker_x Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 By God he's right. Convene the council. We have work to do. 1 Quote Link to comment
Count 'Bility Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Let me say.....I am a husker til I die. Because I know, I'm going to get blasted by posting this. But if we don't get the obvious taken care of, it will be a long season..... Offense Burkhead is an outstanding back....no breakaway speed. Our offensive line is average....at best. They are NOT physical. Which means burkhead is going to wear down. Martinez....pretty obvious here. Great Athlete, but not a qb. Defense We better find some speed and I mean fast. D-line: Steinkhuler has been a bust. All the hype around this guy and I see nothing but him standing straight up and not getting around people. Can we please stop losing containment and get some pressure on a QB. Meredith needs to be moved inside to tackle he is not a DE. I see a 7 win season. I just can't see us making that much improvement over last year. South Carolina exposed our offense. We are too reliable on burkhead. Martinez can't throw a piece of paper in a trashcan. I do NOT like Big 10 football. I know folks think it is physical. Big friggin deal. Championships run through the SEC, wear speed kills. Period. We need to adopt that style. Are you dun? Yes, you are dun. Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 So wait.... you are looking at our team and gauging its perceived weaknesses, and giving an analysis of what you think we can expect for the upcoming season? This is a FANTASTIC idea for a new thread. I can't believe nobody's thought to come up with a topic like this yet Quote Link to comment
Excel Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 <witty/sarcastic criticism of OP> Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 /witty joke about Bucky/Deckedinblack alter egos. 2 Quote Link to comment
Excel Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 <huskerjen/shawn watson reference> Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Let me say.....I am a husker til I die. Because I know, I'm going to get blasted by posting this. But if we don't get the obvious taken care of, it will be a long season..... Offense Burkhead is an outstanding back....no breakaway speed. Our offensive line is average....at best. They are NOT physical. Which means burkhead is going to wear down. Martinez....pretty obvious here. Great Athlete, but not a qb. Defense We better find some speed and I mean fast. D-line: Steinkhuler has been a bust. All the hype around this guy and I see nothing but him standing straight up and not getting around people. Can we please stop losing containment and get some pressure on a QB. Meredith needs to be moved inside to tackle he is not a DE. I see a 7 win season. I just can't see us making that much improvement over last year. South Carolina exposed our offense. We are too reliable on burkhead. Martinez can't throw a piece of paper in a trashcan. I do NOT like Big 10 football. I know folks think it is physical. Big friggin deal. Championships run through the SEC, wear speed kills. Period. We need to adopt that style. 1 Quote Link to comment
GSG Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 In my view, as good as the Huskers were in the 90s, that's how as bad they've been now. 2 Quote Link to comment
SnowBigRed Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Let me say.....I am a husker til I die. Because I know, I'm going to get blasted by posting this. But if we don't get the obvious taken care of, it will be a long season..... Offense Burkhead is an outstanding back....no breakaway speed. Our offensive line is average....at best. They are NOT physical. Which means burkhead is going to wear down. Martinez....pretty obvious here. Great Athlete, but not a qb. Defense We better find some speed and I mean fast. D-line: Steinkhuler has been a bust. All the hype around this guy and I see nothing but him standing straight up and not getting around people. Can we please stop losing containment and get some pressure on a QB. Meredith needs to be moved inside to tackle he is not a DE. I see a 7 win season. I just can't see us making that much improvement over last year. South Carolina exposed our offense. We are too reliable on burkhead. Martinez can't throw a piece of paper in a trashcan. I do NOT like Big 10 football. I know folks think it is physical. Big friggin deal. Championships run through the SEC, wear speed kills. Period. We need to adopt that style. I don't necessarily agree or disagree with the rest of your post, but I do agree with this. I don't really understand why NU has to change for the Big 10 by becoming more of a "power" team with bigger, slower players. Why can't NU be the extremely fast and aggressive team in the conference? Why can't NU continue to run the peso defense with a swarming attitude that teams dread playing because they can't keep up? Why can't other teams in the conference have to adapt to NU's style of play rather than the other way around? I don't claim to be as knowledgeable as any of the coaches nor as knowledgeable as most of the people on this board, but this is the way I see it. When I heard that NU was switching to a more traditional 4-3 defense, I wondered what the purpose was. Is the Big 10 content on beating each other up every week with physical, slow football and then getting smoked in the bowls by teams from the "faster" conferences (I did no research on this to see how true it is, but this is usually the consensus)? I think Nebraska needs to continue to strive to be the fastest team in the conference, the most aggressive team in the conference, the most disciplined team in the conference. Make the rest of the conference realize that the Big 10 doesn't have to be labeled as slow and boring. There is enough speed in the country to go around, plus speed is something that can be somewhat developed with the proper strength and conditioning program (I do realize that a large part of speed is God given). Stay fast and aggressive Nebraska. It is your key to success in my eyes. 1 Quote Link to comment
Count 'Bility Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Let me say.....I am a husker til I die. Because I know, I'm going to get blasted by posting this. But if we don't get the obvious taken care of, it will be a long season..... Offense Burkhead is an outstanding back....no breakaway speed. Our offensive line is average....at best. They are NOT physical. Which means burkhead is going to wear down. Martinez....pretty obvious here. Great Athlete, but not a qb. Defense We better find some speed and I mean fast. D-line: Steinkhuler has been a bust. All the hype around this guy and I see nothing but him standing straight up and not getting around people. Can we please stop losing containment and get some pressure on a QB. Meredith needs to be moved inside to tackle he is not a DE. I see a 7 win season. I just can't see us making that much improvement over last year. South Carolina exposed our offense. We are too reliable on burkhead. Martinez can't throw a piece of paper in a trashcan. I do NOT like Big 10 football. I know folks think it is physical. Big friggin deal. Championships run through the SEC, wear speed kills. Period. We need to adopt that style. I don't necessarily agree or disagree with the rest of your post, but I do agree with this. I don't really understand why NU has to change for the Big 10 by becoming more of a "power" team with bigger, slower players. Why can't NU be the extremely fast and aggressive team in the conference? Why can't NU continue to run the peso defense with a swarming attitude that teams dread playing because they can't keep up? Why can't other teams in the conference have to adapt to NU's style of play rather than the other way around? I don't claim to be as knowledgeable as any of the coaches nor as knowledgeable as most of the people on this board, but this is the way I see it. When I heard that NU was switching to a more traditional 4-3 defense, I wondered what the purpose was. Is the Big 10 content on beating each other up every week with physical, slow football and then getting smoked in the bowls by teams from the "faster" conferences (I did no research on this to see how true it is, but this is usually the consensus)? I think Nebraska needs to continue to strive to be the fastest team in the conference, the most aggressive team in the conference, the most disciplined team in the conference. Make the rest of the conference realize that the Big 10 doesn't have to be labeled as slow and boring. There is enough speed in the country to go around, plus speed is something that can be somewhat developed with the proper strength and conditioning program (I do realize that a large part of speed is God given). Stay fast and aggressive Nebraska. It is your key to success in my eyes. Because Wisconsin is what happens. But I do agree with you. I was really hoping Nebraska would be the team that came in and revolutionized the way football was played in the Big 10, but right now it seems we're just following the crowd for the sake of conference championships. Quote Link to comment
Haspula Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 D-line needs some major improvements. DEs need to be quicker and QB containment as you saidI don't know if you guys remember this, but last year when we faced Michigan, Denard Robinson was scrambling, he gained a few yards, then ran right pass Meredith who was right in front of him. Stuff like this has to stop. I'll find a video clip of this right now Quote Link to comment
Minnesota_husker Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 I am not sure if I should be a jerk or just ignore this.... Shall i have a "Billy Madison, I award you no points" moment, or just let it go..... Quote Link to comment
True2tRA Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 This thread seems eerily familiar to 20 others on this site, all of which may have different titles but all come back to the same basic topic. Huskerboard is losing it's edge. Quote Link to comment
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